Pictures: 6 months & 2 years

Just before Christmas we had Jane's 6 month pictures taken. We used this time to also get some 2 year pictures of Anna, and attempt a new family picture. I've had these for some time but life has been getting in the way of posting them! Life keeps getting in the way. All photo credits go to Glass Lantern Photography.

This is probably one of my favorite pictures of the girls together. I smile every time I see it.

 We had such a happy baby this day.

Anna wasn't really excited about getting her picture taken but we managed to snag a few smiles.

We can't remember what we asked her to do. She may have been messing with her dress and we told her to let us see her hands or something but the picture turned out adorable. 

She loved sitting in the rocking chair.

Getting a family picture was next to impossible. Jane just wanted to mess with Anna or Kevin's hand and it was tough to get Anna to look up at the camera with us not being behind Elena to talk to her. Next time we need to recruit a Grandma or someone to act silly to get the girls attention. 

Kisses!

Since this was technically Jane's session there are many more pictures of her.

 I love how expressive this little lady is and how she smiles sometimes with just her eyes and sometimes with her entire face. It's like happiness just radiates from her. 

Baby loves sitting in a basket!

It's always so hard to choose which pictures to post. I can't post all of them and I love them all so much. 

This set is special to me because my Grandma Koch crocheted this blanket. I love the color and the fact that she made it so I knew I had to use this for some of the pictures. 

Love my happy girl. 

Jane: 7 Months

Still can't believe that Jane turned 7 months old last week! These were probably the toughest pictures to get so far. Partially my fault since I knew she'd want to eat the tutu. As you would expect she enjoys putting everything in her mouth. You can't tell from these pictures but Jane is still a super happy baby. She loves laughing...especially at her big sister. 

This girl has been rolling up a storm this month. When playing on her back or tummy and you walk out of the area for even just a minute she's usually not at all where you left her. 

When sitting Jane has become much more stable. She sits great and wants anything and everything around her. We are trying to explain to Anna that if she puts something close to Jane she will grab it and then put it in her mouth. It hasn't quite sunk in yet. 

While going after toys she gets soooo close to getting up on her hands and knees. If it weren't for that silly leg she'd be there. She's a motivated little girl so I wouldn't be surprised if she figured it out any day now. 

 I was struggling to get classic Jane smiles this day. I think it was a little too close to nap time but we still thought the picture was funny. This little lady is such a little chunk. I love her chubbiness and it's been really nice to be able to use a lot more of Anna's clothes then I thought we were going to be able to use. Right now the girls are in the same size diaper (although Anna gets the next size up at night and could wear the next size during the day). It's made packing the diaper bag that much easier. 

 I thought taking off the tutu would help but then Jane just stared at me like I was a crazy person. At least you can see her hair sticking straight up in the back. We try combing it down but it just goes right back up. Love it. 

Over this past month Jane has become much more chatty. Lots of "blah blah", "ah-blah", "mamamama". I know she isn't referring to me as mama but I love hearing her little voice say it anyway. 

Sleep has been a little bit better over the last few weeks. We made a few changes and they have helped things so much. I wish Jane could have a better morning nap but she's forced to be flexible since we are out and about most mornings during the week. At least the girls have had more overlapping during afternoon naps lately. It's not a guarantee but when it happens it is amazing. I can get so much done!

Jane just seems so much older this month. Our baby is growing up so fast!

Christmas Fun

Finally getting to this post! With being in Topeka a lot over Christmas and New Years and kids who only give me 20-30 minutes of overlapping naps I've had minimal blogging time. Normally I'd split this up into a couple posts and gives lots of details but this year just be glad you are getting to see the pictures :)

Christmas Cutie!

Jane was all smiles for her first Christmas. 

 We did our best to get pictures of the girls together in their tutus but it isn't easy getting both of them to look at the camera...forget about two smiles!

Anna sure loves giving Jane hugs!

 On Christmas Eve morning we headed over to the Copp household for yummy breakfast and presents. 

Jane was pretty interested in everything that was going on. Mostly she liked shoving her presents in her mouth or crinkling the paper (and trying to eat it of course).

An attempt at a selfie with my baby girl.

Lovely red heads

It was cold but not too cold for a little bit of swinging.

Another one of Grandma and Jane but I just really like this picture of my Mom.

Playing with one of Seth's presents.

We tried for a group shot but we couldn't get the girls to hold still. 

We went back over to the Kent house for nap time before the celebrations continued. Yummy dinner before more gift opening. 

Daddy and Gama

 Another red head picture (even though you can't tell with the gray!)

Give me that Gampa!

 Gama and Gampa's new toy. The girls loved it!

Kisses for Gama!

We weren't sure how Anna was going to do with presents and such this year. At her birthday just a month before she was fairly timid about opening gifts and accepted help to get things moving. What a difference a month makes! She was EXCITED about all the gifts. She liked giving them to people to open and loved opening them herself. She refused help most of the time so sometimes it took forever but she was having so much fun!

Jane liked helping Uncle Thomas with some paper.

Since our main celebrations with family were on Christmas Eve we had a fairly relaxing Christmas Day. We did head out to Auburn to visit my Grandparents and see whatever extended family was out there. 

Anna isn't too into selfies

I think Grandmom enjoyed getting her hands on little Miss Jane. 

Anna had fun sneaking up on Daddy. I love the girls in their Christmas dresses. 

Back at Kevin's Mom and Dad's we had a quiet evening since everyone went to see a movie. It was nice having a little time with just us and the girls. 

What a fun Christmas with both our little ladies and getting quality time with our families. It's tiring packing up all our stuff to spend time in Topeka but then I think about how difficult it would be if we were still in Michigan and we would have so much less time. So happy to be close!

Hopefully everyone had a Merry Christmas!!!